June 24, 2013 1:19pm EDTJune 24, 2013 1:05pm EDTJonathan Toews is "100 percent ready" for the Blackhawks, and his Bruins counterpart is close enough. With the Cup in the building—and terrible ice for all—Game 6 should be all even, says SN's Jesse Spector.

After Game 5 ended with injury doubts for stars on both teams, as Toews took a hit to the head from Johnny Boychuk and Boston center Patrice Bergeron went to the hospital, everyone appears to be accounted for heading into the first game of the series with the Cup in the building. Claude Julien pointed toward Bergeron being in the lineup in both English and French, but Chicago forward Andrew Shaw was the most definitive of all.

"They're both gonna play," Shaw said. "It's a huge game. It's what you dream of as a kid that you're gonna get that opportunity. They're both great players, great competers, and also great leaders."

Medical analysis from the other side was not as conclusive, as Bruins winger Tyler Seguin said, albeit not referring specifically to Toews, "This point of the playoffs, not too many guys, I think, are fully 100 percent." It's notable, though, that Quenneville did not say Toews is 100 percent healthy, but just 100 percent ready.

"To fill in for him?" Kruger said. "He's our leader and our captain. I can't do everything he does. I just tried to play my game. We're happy to have him back here. He's huge for us."

THE HEAT IS ON: With temperatures expected to be in the mid-90s with high humidity during the day in Boston, and a bit of fog inside TD Garden during the morning skate, ice quality is something of a issue for the biggest game of the season.

There is one important reason that it is not an enormous concern, though.

"The ice is bad for both teams," Shaw said. "They've got to play on it as well. I think we've just got to keep moving pucks north and be hard on the forecheck."

If there is an advantage to a slushy surface, it probably goes to the Bruins, who are less reliant on a speed game than the Blackhawks. Still, those differences between the clubs have been highlighted more because they are playing each other than because they are at opposite ends of the spectrum of speed and physicality. Both teams are capable of playing a speed game and both teams are capable of grinding it out, as has been evident through the first five games of the Final.

"Those are the conditions that you have to play with at this time of year," Julien said. "Everybody has been through it, and two teams are going through the same conditions. Both teams are going to tell you the same truth: keep the game simple and try to avoid those mistakes from overhandling pucks in those kind of ice conditions."

Both teams also talk about keeping the game simple and avoiding mistakes in February, which highlights how much of a big deal it really isn't.

AMAZING KANE: Seven of Kane's nine goals in the playoffs have come in the last seven games. The Chicago winger scored the overtime goal in Game 6 three years ago in Philadelphia that won the Cup for the Blackhawks. Trying to prevent him from doing that again is Boston's mission on Monday night.

"A lot of his goals come right around the net," said Bruins defenseman Dennis Seidenberg. "He's got a nose for picking out pucks or being in the right spot at the right time. We have to know, at all times, where he is. He finds those quiet areas, whether it's behind the net or beside the net, we have to make sure we know where he is."

Both of Kane's goals in Game 5 came on plays where he went to "quiet areas" like Seidenberg mentioned. On the first, he threaded a pass out of the corner, then skated behind the net and swung back around to poke in a bouncing puck. On the second, he was at the side of the net for a rebound of Bickell's wraparound.

"He's an elite player," Boston defenseman Andrew Ference said. "He's obviously got tremendous skill and speed to get away from defenders and find open spots on the ice. He's a challenge for any team to defend against."